by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Jun 2, 2025 | History of Psychotherapy
How CBT Killed the Soul of Psychotherapy: The Rosenhan Experiment: A Prophecy Fulfilled In 1973, a psychiatric hospital received an unusual visitor. A man walked up to admissions and said simply, “I hear voices.” When the psychiatrist asked what they said,...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | May 1, 2025 | Guided Meditations for Therapy, History of Psychotherapy, Psychology, Psychology Topics and Articles, Psychotherapy Biographies: Historical Figures in the History of Psychology
From Mesmerism to Modern Psychotherapy: The Enduring Legacy of Franz Anton Mesmer and the Importance of Empirical Validation Franz Anton Mesmer, the 18th-century German physician, is often considered the father of modern hypnosis. His theory of animal magnetism, or...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Feb 11, 2025 | History of Psychotherapy, Metamodernism and Deconstruction, Recovering from Abuse
Why Are There So Many Modalities of Psychotherapy? The history of psychotherapy is a tumultuous one, marked by heated debates, acrimonious splits, and competing claims to truth. From its origins in Freudian psychoanalysis to the present-day landscape of integrative...
